A Wedding Feast, A Bloody Farewell

Synopsis

The day I followed my husband, Jacob Sterling, to the Celestial Realm, I was carrying twins. I hadn't told him yet. I wanted to surprise him. But after we arrived, his beloved Rosalind Walsh came to see me and ended up injuring her eyes. Jacob was sure it was my doing. He said I was jealous, that I'd hurt her out of spite. "Rosalind is a Celestial Maiden, pure and flawless. How could she possibly frame you?" he said. "Just as I thought, you're nothing but a lowly mortal, always using dirty tricks," he added. Jacob personally gouged out my eyes, as compensation to Rosalind. He had me watched day and night, only letting them feed me scraps and cold leftovers. Pregnant with twins and starved, I curled up in agony, growing weaker each day. I begged him to spare our children, but he just accused me of being manipulative and willing to do anything for my own gain. "Alison, you just don't know when to quit, do you? Even now, you still dare to lie to me," he spat. He ordered them to take away what little food I had, leaving nothing behind. To survive, I had no choice but to scramble with the dogs for whatever bits I could find. Then, on the day he married Rosalind, he forced me, his mortal wife, to attend. "Drag Alison over here and make her bless our union. If she performs, maybe she'll earn her dinner," he sneered. Fear gripped the entire hall. After all, the road to the Divine Culling Altar was already stained with my blood.